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PSC Approves Dismissal of 18 Senior Police Officers, Demotes 19 Others

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:00:58 +0000

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 18 senior police officers and the demotion of 19 others for various acts of misconduct. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Head of Press and Public Relations at the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani. According to the statement, the decisions [...]

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Katsina Governor Praises Security Agencies, Awards N5.5 Million to Gallant Police Officers

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 22 May 2024 20:00:59 +0000

Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has affirmed that the state government maintains a cordial working relationship with all security agencies operating within the state. Governor Radda made this known while hosting four police officers from the state command who received special awards from the Inspector General of Police for their exemplary performance in [...]

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Rights group set to picket Lagos State Police Command over Corruption, Unprofessional Conduct

Social Justice Equity — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:14:21 +0000

A human rights body, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has concluded an arrangement to picket the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja over what it termed as criminal and unprofessional conduct of the Police Officers attached to the Area “G” Command of the Lagos State Police Command. It alleged the Team [...]

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Lagos Police requests the public to report police officers on duty with mufti

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 20:10:46 +0000

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, has reiterated the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) ban on the practice of police officers carrying out their official duties while on mufti and called on members of the public to report any officer violating this directive to enable the command take appropriate disciplinary action. The commissioner [...]

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Corrupt Practices: CP Owoseni warns Police Officers against Extortion and Illegal Stop-and-Search

Ade Adewale — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:39:57 +0000

According to the report from the Nigerian Police sources, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni has warned Police officers in the state against indiscipline and corrupt practices such as extortion and illegal stop-and-search of Lagosians. Owoseni we gathered made this known while lecturing Lagos Area Commanders, DPOs, Operational Officers, including men of [...]

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Corruption Fight: 60 Turkish Traffic Police Officers, Others Detained For Bribery Probe

Alaba Rotimi — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 23:39:15 +0000

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has determined to fight corruption in the country to a stand-still. In view of the president’s determination, Turkish authorities on Monday detained 102 people, including 60 traffic police officers, as part of an investigation into alleged bribery and abuse of safety regulations in the construction sector. Authorities took into custody 42 [...]

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Operation TRIANGLE: EFCC Arrests Three More Nigerians In Close Cooperation With Italian National Police

Kunle Edun — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:41:15 +0000

Operation TRIANGLE: Three more Nigerian nationals arrested by the Nigerian EFCC (Economic and Financial Crime Commission), in close cooperation with Polizia di Stato (Italian National Police) June 9, 2015, 4.00 am: 750 police officers from the Italian, Spanish, Polish, English, Belgian, Georgian, Turkish and Cameroonian police, with the support of Europol and Interpol, and with [...]

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Four South African Police Filmed shooting Unarmed Suspect Dead

AMA — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:20:52 +0000

Four South African police officers have surrendered themselves after a surveillance video of them shooting a suspected robber was broadcast. The footage released by the country’s Sunday Times newspaper late last week showed the uniformed member of the South African Police Service fatally shooting a suspect at close range after he had dropped his pistol [...]

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435 Police Officers Lost Their Lives In Six Months – IG-P Arase

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:43:00 +0000

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase Monday disclosed that 435 policemen and officers died in the last six months in the line of duty. He made this disclosure in Osogbo during a meeting with Osun State Chapter of Police Community Relation Committee (PCRC) and urged people at community level to support the Nigeria [...]

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#Crime > Nigeria Police Respond To Distress Call At FCT Abuja, Arrest Hoodlums In The Act

Ade Adewale — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 20:27:52 +0000

Nigeria Police Officers received a distress call of robbery attack at Zenco Garden Estate by Conoil, Airport Road. Police units raced to the scene where the robbery suspects met at the scene where engaged in a shootout. The incident happened at around 1:30am on Wednesday, 9th September, 2015. According to the NPF website, two of [...]

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Hungary To Sends 2,100 Police Officers To Control Border With Serbia

AMA — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:33:43 +0000

Hungary has announced it will deploy 2,100 police officers to help control its border with Serbia as record numbers of refugees try to enter the state trying to claim asylum. The Hungarian police chief’s announcement on Wednesday came amid scenes of brief violence on the country’s border with Serbia. Television footage showed Hungarian officers firing [...]

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South Africa Police Officers guilty of Mozambican Man’s Murder

AMA — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:05:33 +0000

Eight South African police officers have been found guilty of murdering a Mozambican man who died after being dragged behind a moving police van two years ago. Mido Macia, a 27-year-old taxi driver, died in police custody in February, 2013 after being arrested for parking his car on the wrong side of the road. Bystanders [...]

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